The 1% Principle

The 1% Principle

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In a world that often celebrates giant leaps and massive achievements, "The 1% principle" brings a refreshing and empowering perspective to education. This concept challenges everyone to rethink their approach to growth and success - focussing instead on the small gains that make up our everyday life in a school. At its core, it is about the cumulative effect of incremental improvements - a journey of a thousand miles, but by one step at a time. Used to great success by Sir Dave Brailsford and others, it takes the idea that lots of small improvements collectively make a huge difference as this quote from Shirley Mansfield – founder of CoachSME - explains.. “From cycling to education; car making to holidays, people are finding that 1% certainly makes a big difference. But why? It simply means focusing on small changes to everything in the business; 1% at a time. Concentrate on making many 1% improvements and you’ll find the compound effect is huge.” Susan Mansfield – Ultimate Guide to Marginal...
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How to use your KS2 SATs results to improve school outcomes

How to use your KS2 SATs results to improve school outcomes

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Did you know the full breakdown of your KS2 SATs results is available every year? The KS2 SATs give a validated indication of each of your students strengths and weaknesses and the results are made available every year by the DfE – broken down to performance in each individual question via analyse school performance. These are standardised assessments – marked independently – and so give a great overview of your school curriculum and how successfully it guided your Year 6 to achieve their potential. Or more importantly, it can provide the keys to unlock your curriculum and raise attainment across your school for many years to come... and yet, so many schools simply do not use this resource even though it is free and easy to download!! But this is data from the past... We agree but by looking back at how your full Year 6 cohort performed, you may be able to see gaps that surely suggest more about how they were...
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